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one-sixty-fourth

one-sixty-fourth

4.2
One of sixty-four equal parts of a whole
  • noun
  • /wʌn sɪksti fɔrθ/
translation icon : un sesenta y cuatro
  • The measurement error was less than one-sixty-fourth of an inch.

Examples

  • He divided the land into one-sixty-fourth shares for each heir.

  • You need to divide the pizza into one-sixty-fourths for everyone to get a piece.

  • The recipe calls for one-sixty-fourth of a teaspoon of saffron.

  • A one-sixty-fourth of the cake was left after the party.

  • In this recipe, you need just one one-sixty-fourth of a teaspoon of salt to enhance the flavor.

  • The artist divided the canvas into one-sixty-fourth sections to plan her painting accurately.

  • Each person in the group owns one-sixty-fourth of the total land, making it a shared investment.

Synonyms

sixty-fourth
vsone-sixty-fourth
2.7

One of sixty-four equal parts of a whole

has identical meaning but appears in a different written form with an extra prefix

How Much

one-half
61 1.0
one-fourth
12 1.0
one-sixth
7 1.0
one-sixty-fourth
4.2

Surface Forms

one-sixty-fourth singular
one-sixty-fourths plural

Morphology

one-sixty-fourth = sixty-fourth (transparent) = one + sixty + four + th

The phrase is a straightforward numeral fraction formed by combining the numerator 'one' with the ordinal denominator 'sixty-fourth' (sixty + four + -th).

Etymology

One-sixty-fourth comes from the simple parts one, sixty, and fourth, and it literally means 'one of sixty-four equal parts', the fraction '1/64'. Think of cutting a pie into 64 pieces: a one-sixty-fourth piece is one tiny slice.